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Song of Acadia

by Janette Oke

The Song of Acadia series by Janette Oke has 5 known books (5 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Meeting Place (1999). Janette Oke wrote the series; books 1-5 were co-written with T. Davis Bunn.

Books
5 known books (5 novels)
Published
5
First published
1999
Status
completed
Shelved under
Historical Fiction
Start here: The Meeting Place (1999) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Meeting Place
The Meeting Place (1999)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Meeting Place

    Novel
    The Meeting Place, the first book in Song of Acadia, credits T. Davis Bunn as co-author alongside Janette Oke, opening the five-book series in 1999 against the real historical backdrop of 18th-century Nova Scotia's Acadian-English conflict.
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  2. The Sacred Shore

    Novel
    Published in 2000, The Sacred Shore is the second installment of Song of Acadia at 360 pages, continuing the entangled Acadian and English families' story toward the historical 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians.
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  3. The Birthright

    Novel
    The Birthright is the third book in Song of Acadia, published in 2001 at 287 pages, continuing Oke and Bunn's dramatization of the documented Acadian expulsion through their two entangled families.
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  4. The Distant Beacon

    Novel
    The Distant Beacon (2002) is the fourth book in Song of Acadia, coming before The Beloved Land and continuing the series' continuous historical timeline across the Acadian expulsion's aftermath.
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  5. The Beloved Land

    Novel
    Song of Acadia continues with The Beloved Land, the fifth and final entry, released in 2002, closing out Oke and Bunn's historical dramatization of the Acadian and English families' story.
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Key facts about the Song of Acadia series

Our list has 5 books in the Song of Acadia series. Since all 5 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with The Meeting Place, since it opens the publication order in 1999. The Sacred Shore is book 2, from 2000. The Birthright is book 3, from 2001.

The Distant Beacon is book 4, from 2002. The Beloved Land is book 5, from 2002.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 1999 and 2002, while their length runs from 3 to 384 pages. That is a run of 3 years.

Janette Oke has 48 books on our list. Additionally, they write Love Comes Softly, Seasons of the Heart and Canadian West, plus 5 more series. We shelve the books under historical inspirational fiction.

About the Song of Acadia series

Song of Acadia is a five-book historical series co-written by Janette Oke and novelist T. Davis Bunn, set in 18th-century Nova Scotia during the French and English struggle for control of Acadia. It follows two families on opposite sides of that conflict -- one Acadian, one English -- whose lives become entangled through friendship and eventually romance, against the real historical backdrop of the 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians, one of the defining tragedies of French-Canadian colonial history.

Where Oke's solo series tend to stay close to a single family's domestic and romantic story, Song of Acadia is more overtly historical, using its characters to dramatize a specific, documented historical event. Bunn's own background in historical and international fiction is evident in the series' broader geographic and political scope compared to Oke's prairie-set solo work.

Frequently asked questions

Who writes the Song of Acadia series?

Janette Oke wrote the series; books 1-5 were co-written with T. Davis Bunn.

Who co-wrote Song of Acadia with Janette Oke?

T. Davis Bunn (credited as Davis Bunn on some editions).

What historical event does Song of Acadia dramatize?

The 1755 British expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia, seen through the eyes of an Acadian family and an English family whose lives intertwine.

How many books are in Song of Acadia?

Five, published 1999 to 2002.

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